Dr. Elisabeth Robbins, LMFT

Dr. Elisabeth Robbins greets people who are carrying stress, losses, and big life questions. She helps with depression, anxiety, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and the strain that comes with caregiving and aging. Dr. Robbins is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with many years of clinical work behind her.

Her approach is practical and conversational. She combines tools from cognitive behavioral therapy with ideas from narrative and existential work to help people notice patterns, name what matters, and test small changes. Sessions are grounded in concrete steps you can try between meetings, alongside conversations about meaning, values, and identity.

Dr. Robbins pays attention to how shame, spirituality, and larger social issues like climate change affect mental health. She also focuses on concerns tied to aging, hospice and end-of-life decisions, and caregiver stress. That means conversations often include planning, emotion regulation, and ways to find purpose as roles shift.

Over nearly three decades of practice she has supported people through grief, life transitions, and family-of-origin questions. She uses solution-focused techniques to set clear goals and internal family systems ideas to look at conflicting parts of the self when helpful.

Her schedule has some flexibility and she may accommodate times outside normal office hours. People who want to begin are asked to use the Start Therapy flow to match and schedule a first appointment.

How these approaches guide online therapy

Dr. Robbins often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it focuses on practical steps and measurable goals.

She also draws on narrative therapy to help people rewrite personal stories that feel limiting. Narrative work supports people facing life transitions, caregiver roles, and changes tied to aging by separating problems from identity and opening up new possibilities.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose strategies that match their goals and preferences, and will adjust techniques if something isn't helping.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since specific formats are not stated in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people join from a quieter place, use a phone if video bandwidth is limited, or schedule sessions at times that better suit caregiving responsibilities. Ask about current session options when you set up the first appointment to pick what works best.